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Others will set your boundaries then. “The People of the Lord” will live where they are sent.

“Don’t say such things,” the people say. “Don’t harp on things like that. It’s disgraceful, that sort of talk. Such evils surely will not come our way.”

Is that the right reply for you to make, O House of Jacob? Do you think the Spirit of the Lord likes to talk to you so roughly? No! His threats are for your good, to get you on the path again.

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Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
    to divide the land(A) by lot.(B)

False Prophets

“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace(C) will not overtake us.(D)
You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(E)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord